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December 28, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL) News Release


In Sunday's AHL action, rookie Jeff Zatkoff posted a 36-save shutout as Manchester blanked Providence, 2-0... Darren Haydar had two goals and an assist, and Tyler Weiman made 32 saves in Lake Erie's 7-0 shutout win at Toronto... Keith Aucoin notched three points (2-1-3) to help Hershey to its sixth straight win, a 7-1 decision over Norfolk... Corey Locke scored 1:09 into overtime to lift Hartford past Springfield, 4-3... Jack Skille potted a pair of goals as Rockford outlasted Chicago, 6-4... Julian Talbot recorded two goals and an assist as Peoria captured a 5-1 win at Grand Rapids.

Sun 12/27

MANCHESTER 2, Providence 0

Hartford 4, SPRINGFIELD 3 (OT)

WORCESTER 3, Lowell 2

Rockford 6, CHICAGO 4

Peoria 5, GRAND RAPIDS 1

Lake Erie 7, TORONTO 0

SAN ANTONIO 4, Texas 1

ROCHESTER 5, Binghamton 3

W-B/Scranton 3, ALBANY 2

HERSHEY 7, Norfolk 1

MANITOBA 4, Abbotsford 1

LOOKING AHEAD:

Seeking its season-high third consecutive win, Adirondack continues a four-game road swing with a visit to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Monday... The Phantoms have defeated Worcester and Binghamton to begin the road stretch and are 4-1-0-0 in their last five games overall... Adirondack goaltender Johan Backlund (8-8-0, 2.77,.907) has strung together back-to-back wins for ther first time since Nov. 1-4... Stefan Legein has a point in seven of his last eight games (7-3-10) for the Phantoms and leads the club with 14 goals (14-4-18) in 29 contests overall... Wilkes-Barre/Scranton also enters on a two-game winning streak and has taken two of three clashes from the Phantoms this season... Penguins second-year pro Luca Caputi has registered three goals and four points thus far in the season series... Nick Johnson shows 12 points (6-6-12) in nine tilts since returning to the Penguins' lineup from injury on Dec. 9.

Fresh off a 4-1 win on Sunday, Manitoba hosts North Division rival Abbotsford on Monday in the back end of a two-game set at the MTS Centre... Michael Grabner scored the game-winning goal on Sunday in his first appearance for the Moose since Oct. 13 and now shows seven points (5-2-7) in six AHL games for the campaign... Rookie Sergei Shirokov, who had a pair of assists Sunday, paces Manitoba with 11 goals and 23 points in 33 games, including six points (1-5-6) in three matches against Abbotsford this season... Defenseman Nathan McIver shows three points (1-2-3) in three games against the Heat and 0-1-1 in 31 contests against everyone else... Abbotsford is just 2-5-0-0 in its last seven outings and has totaled 11 goals over that span... Ex-Moose forward Jason Jaffray continues to lead the Heat with 12 goals and 28 points in 34 outings... Kris Chucko is riding a three-game scoring streak (1-3-4) for Abbotsford and has four points (2-2-4) against the Moose this year.

Winners of three straight and eight of 10 (8-2-0-0), Manchester visits the DCU Center on Tuesday for an Atlantic Division clash with the Sharks, who are 10-2-0-1 in their last 13 contests... Manchester is responsible for two of the Sharks' three non-wins in that span, taking a 5-4 shootout win on Dec. 5 and a 3-1 regulation decision on Dec. 18... At 23-9-1-2 overall, the Monarchs boast a league-leading 49 points... Goaltenders Jonathan Bernier (16-8-2, 1.88,.944) and Jeff Zatkoff (7-2-0, 1.93,.942) have combined for three shutouts in the Monarchs' last five games... Gabe Gauthier shows a team-high 20 points (5-15-20) for Manchester... Worcester's Logan Couture is on a five-game scoring streak (2-6-8) and leads AHL rookies with 29 points (11-18-29) in just 20 games overall... Fellow rookie Benn Ferriero boasts a four-game scoring run (2-5-7) for the Sharks, as do Steven Zalewski (2-3-5) and John McCarthy (3-2-5)... Sharks rookie goaltender Alex Stalock (16-8-1, 2.39,.909) is tied with Manchester's Bernier and Rochester's Alexander Salak for the league lead in victories.

(all times Eastern)

Mon 12/28

Adirondack @ W-B/Scranton, 7:05

Toronto @ Hamilton, 7:30

Grand Rapids @ Milwaukee, 8:00

Syracuse @ Houston, 8:05

Abbotsford @ Manitoba, 8:30

Tue 12/29

Peoria @ Lake Erie, 7:00

Providence @ Springfield, 7:00

Manchester @ Worcester, 7:05

Hershey @ Norfolk, 7:15

Rockford @ Milwaukee, 8:00

Syracuse @ Texas, 8:30

ALUMNI WATCH:

In Sunday's action, 2008 AHL goaltender of the year Michael Leighton stopped 28 of 29 shots and 2005 Calder Cup champion Jeff Carter scored the game-winner as Philadelphia edged the N.Y. Islanders, 2-1... Mason Raymond notched a hat trick to propel Vancouver to a 5-1 win at Calgary... On Saturday, Chris Durno, who has 18 points in 17 AHL games for Lake Erie this season, tallied his first career NHL goal in Colorado's 4-1 win over Dallas.

BY THE NUMBERS:

11 -- Home games played by Milwaukee thus far, fewest in the AHL... The Admirals, who have already completed half of their road schedule (20 contests), open a three-game homestand on Monday against Grand Rapids.

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